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Migration Summit in Tripoli

25-11-2006 01:16

50 EU and African States met for a two day conference on migration controls and development in Tripoli from 22 to 23 November 2006

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Critical Mass Cyclists Arrested (Leeds)

24-11-2006 21:49

Leeds Critical Mass ends with two cyclists being assaulted by police and driven away to station.

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Voices From Detention

24-11-2006 16:59

Barbed Wire Britain, a network to end refugee and migrant detention, has produced a second volume of testimonies from immigration detainees, Voices From Detention II.

Amidst the political and media clamour about how many asylum seekers have been or need be deported, the voices of the system's victims are necessarily stifled. Would-be refugees are mere statistics, objects in a disgusting Dutch auction as to which political brand can wash whitest. And this why such a collection is an important tool in the struggle for rights and justice.

The volume is a collection of accounts by detainees in Tinsley House, Campsfield House, Rochester (HMP), Liverpool (HMP), Belmarsh (HMP), Lindholme, Harmondsworth, Yarlswood, Dungavel, Dover and Haslar. These are people for whom the unthinkable has happened. They have been imprisoned in the UK without charge, without conviction, without time limit. They have been imprisoned by the UK government, which boasts its democratic institutions.

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G20: A first communiqué from two uncitizens of Arterial Bloc

24-11-2006 15:28

There have been many calls for Arterial Bloc to come forward and ‘justify’ their tactics during the [November 2006 Melbourne] G20 protests. The following statement is not a justification of specific actions; it is an exploration of politics. This statement has not been written for or on behalf of the Bloc; it has been written from within the Bloc. None of us can be leaders or spokespeople for each other. [this deserves a wider audience]

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Video of Brian's 2000th day.

24-11-2006 11:51

Despite repressive SOCPA legislation limiting freedom of speech and the right of assembly, which has led to many people being arrested, Brian Haw and his supporters have managed to maintain his vigil, against the terrible war on Iraq, opposite the Houses of Parliament for 2000 days.

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Collective statement of solidarity with the social struggle in Oaxaca, Mexico

24-11-2006 10:53

Nottingham anarchists and Indymedia activists send their message of support for the struggle of the Mexican people against corruption, poverty, suppression of free speech, for their autonomy and wish to live in peace.

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Global Action Day for Education (30th Nov.)

24-11-2006 02:31

A Global Action Day for Education will take place on the 30th Nov to protest and resist neoliberal reforms (especially within the education sector). Students of the world unite!

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SOCPA - brian's 2000 days

24-11-2006 00:41

brian haw and some of his supporters marked his 2000th day of protest in parliament square this evening with some food and drink and some well-chosen words.

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Photos: Brian Haw's, 2,000th day protesting outside Parliament.

23-11-2006 22:21

Brian Haw's 2,000th day protesting outside Parliament, London, UK. (23.11.06)

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William Rodriguez - 9/11 survivor to speak in London

23-11-2006 17:11

9/11 survivor and leading truth campaigner, William Rodriguez, to visit London and tour the UK.

PUBLIC MEETING

Date: Monday November 27th 2006
Time: 7pm
Place: Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1
Tube: Warren Street
Entry: Free

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Tesco GM rice removed from the shelves landed Tesco Poland stores?

23-11-2006 16:26

According to Polish Chief Health Inspectorate GM rice of variety LL601 was
found in 6% (3 out of 48) of samples taken in the stores of three regions of
Poland: Pomerania, West Pomerania and Lower Silesia. The contaminated rice
came to Poland from US via France.

According to the spokeperson of Regional Health Inspectorate of Lower
Silesia- Elzbieta Peszko-Bilska rice of variety LL601 was found in the
supermarket chains Tesco and Auchan in this region. Polish authorities hasn't
found LL601 rice in Warsaw region although Greenpeace Poland testing done in
Germany of long rice showed three products contaminated: "Bosto"(Ebro
Puleva), "Britta" and "Halina".

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Caterpillar Homewrecker’s Visit to London

23-11-2006 13:14

Around 50 protester including a samba band turned out to Greet Mike Baunton, the Vice President of Caterpillar, who was due to speak last night a function organised by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers The function (the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Annual Dinner) was held in the ballroom of the Grosvenor House Hotel.

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report back: Oxford WDM meeting - Our World is Not for Sale

23-11-2006 11:17

Oxford World Development Movement (WDM) hosted a talk on Wednesday 22nd November at the Town Hall entitled, 'The World Bank and International Monetary Fund: Reform or Abolition?' Turn-out was really good and people heard three top speakers talk on the future of the World Bank and IMF: Dr. Stephen Hurt, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Oxford Brookes, Patrick Watt, Senior Policy Officer at ActionAid, and Peter Hardstaff, Head of Policy at WDM.

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First victory for Trebanos protestors at LNG pipeline

23-11-2006 10:50

In the face of concerted opposition from local people, the government has reversed its decision to allow the pipeline constructors to use explosives close to the village of Trebanos in South Wales.

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Economic Values and Impending Collapse

23-11-2006 04:43

Foreboding has hit the ranks of private equity firms; try as they might to unload vast amounts of funds (monetary value is inextricably linked to the movement of those funds) they have been unable to spend/invest at a rate that would sustain value let alone increase real profits! The ‘healthy figures’ reflecting increased acquisitions/investments are on paper only – it ‘looks good’ at the moment!

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Behind the Governments Veil of Deceit

23-11-2006 00:37

News feature in response to the veil (niqāb) issue raging in Europe.

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Janitors' Victory in Houston - Thank You!

23-11-2006 00:22

Compas!!!

After 4 weeks of janitors in Houston, USA, striking and a heavy escalation last week (88 arrested in civil disobediences, local, national and international coordinated actions and a heavy corporate campaign against Chevron and Hines) janitors won a big victory!

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Student Sit-In Halts LSE Oil Baron Peter Sutherland's Lecture

22-11-2006 23:00

LSE students this evening demonstrated their opposition to the appointment of current BP Chair, Peter Sutherland, as the prospective Chair of LSE Court of Governors by staging a mass sit-in and halting a public lecture that he was due to give at the university.

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Urgent Action: Help save the life of brave journalist

22-11-2006 16:54

Colombian journalist FREDY MUÑOZ ALTAMIRANDA has been arrested by Colombia's notorious secret police after participating in a workshop organised by one of the BBC's US correspondents.

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SOCPA - biran haw is 2000 tomorrow

22-11-2006 16:14

tomorrow evening, supporters of brian haw will mark the 2000th day of his vigil outside parliament. his remarkable five-year-plus protest has suffered harrassment, legal challenges, violence, and every weather condition imaginable, but brian still stands up to all, and continues to remind parliament every day of the terrible outcomes of their decisions to terrorise innocent children in iraq and afghanistan.